In 2018, through a series of promos and news announcements, Disney announced that four of Disney XD's original series (those being Star vs. On August 12, 2017, Disney XD premiered a reboot of DuckTales. Pokémon began its regular broadcast on May 12, 2017. The twentieth season, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, was the first season to air and was first broadcast as a sneak peek on December 5, 2016. On November 17, 2016, it was announced that the Pokémon anime series would be moving to Disney XD from its previous broadcaster, Cartoon Network. By June 2014, Disney XD agreed to a multi-picture development deal with Two 4 the Money and MarVista Entertainment with MarVista having global rights. On April 1, 2012, Disney XD launched a block called "Marvel Universe", as a result of Disney's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment. The channel's first original television movie, Skyrunners, premiered on November 27, 2009. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not even "stand for anything" and was chosen simply because it looked "cool." Marsh notes that "the letter X has many cool associations" and that "the beauty of it is the audience can imbue it with all sorts of positive attributes." " XD" is also an emoticon for laughter. Disney XD carries the same name as an unrelated mini-site and media player on, which stood for Disney Xtreme Digital. Many of the channel's programs – particularly animated series – previously aired on Toon Disney, mainly as part of the Jetix programming block, which ran on Toon Disney until that channel's shutdown. Jetix channels outside of the United States were relaunched under the Disney XD banner starting with the France-based service on April 1, 2009. The network took over the channel space of Toon Disney, an animation-focused channel that debuted on April 18, 1998, which eventually launched a live-action/animation block called Jetix in 2004. New animated series included in the channel's initial lineup were Kid vs. The channel debuted its first original series, Aaron Stone, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, with the Phineas and Ferb episode " Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" being the first show to air on the channel. Historyĭisney XD was launched on February 13, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. The channel offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via a separate channel with the English track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider.Īs of January 2016, Disney XD is available to 77.5 million households in the United States. ĭisney XD's programming consists of original first-run television series, current and former original series and made-for-TV films inherited from sister network Disney Channel, theatrically released films, and acquired programs from other distributors, along with a primetime block of programming involving competitive gaming.
The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old.
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company.
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